Irish History - Brehon Law - Part 1 of 11

Irish history with Pat Flannery. This was filmed 6/4/07. A very interesting talk on the system of law that was native to Ireland and existed all the way up to the 1600's when the Gaelic nobility was finally overthrown by English forces. For more about Pat, check his website - http://patflannery.com/index.htm

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[Lillith279]

I am seeking the real answer, because if we treasure our unique culture, then why were we forced to change our letters etc. by our own Government.?

The Japanese etc never changed their writing symbols.

[caemgen51]

So if Irish still used the older spelling, we would understand Brehon law better? Is that what you're saying?

[aiyic]

Michael Tsarion makes claims that Ireland was spawned by Atlantis.

[stevienickslover]

stop saying em em em and get to what i wanna hear!!

[davidmcg1506]

Incredibly boring. Think I'll get a book. :-)

[kingpharaohtsar]

@MagicTellaVision since the ice age how cud u know that u most b a true gael im inpressed were have u been hiding i just had a lil look at ur page lol born again hmm im sad to hear of ur familys loss of there roots but u seem to b finding them once more i was rised in a way u have picked but ur knowledge is inpressive so in the world we live today what do u make of our ancent ways an naturalistic gods

[vacaboi]

It would be nice to be able to download just the audio of this as an mp3.

[thefuturstar06]

mon nom de famille est brehon mais je ne comprend pas se qu'il dit vu que je suis francaise  est ce que quelqu'un peut me traduire svp

[Eloaene]

... oh.. and Celts had the best warriors. /shrug. sucks to be everyone else ;P I mean.. the celts put a stop to Viking/ Nordic invasion, they put a stop to the Roman Empire's takeover,they were the only people in history to march to Rome and make it fall. They won almost every battle against every invading force and rarely lost a war..they even trampled so viciously over viking castles and plate armour that for centuries people were so afraid of them they wouldn't dare start war with Ireland.

[Eloaene]

"Brehon Legal system was considered the most advanced system on Earth.?-

LadyJustice666 "

Celts not only possessed the best Legal system in the world, but they possessed the most knowledgeable doctors, best weavers, best metal-smiths, best schools, &almost all the churches ;p. England was jealous of their wealth in trade; royalty bought their wool for heirlooms for centuries; even greece and rome sent scholars to study in ireland; i could go on. There was nothing the world could teach ireland.

[Eloaene]

@acerb45666555 as far as my knowledge goes, women were allowed to hold any position in irish society. Ireland posessed the most just and most equal opportunity culture in the world.. probably even to this day. Until the Angles and Saxxons took over and feudalistic English law took its place.

[Eloaene]

@stitchedplate41 agree. ;) but hey, wouldn't you say that the Ogham was suitable for the Irish of that time if not just because much of their tradition was oral and not written. Think of the famed sennachie throughout Celtic history. Oral tradition was hugely important and more than that the propper-ness of their oral tradition was a life-or-death situation whereas it ensured a noble family it's position/ wealth etc.. So for a long time, maybe the writing just wasn't as necissary for them.

[MagicTellaVision]

Since the Ice Age the Druids have committed the Brehon Laws to their memory in Gaelic. In 438 CE by the order of the High King of Tara, Leogaire UiNiáll had his Druid government employe a commission to commit the Druids Brehon Laws to writing by the Chief Druid Dubhtach Maccu Lugir. The High King's personal Druid advisors was Rossa, Fergus, Dara who revised the Druid's Government Brehon Laws for modern times by the three Druid Kings, of Corc, Munster, Ulster.

[MagicTellaVision]

 The Druid's Brehon Laws is also known as the Senchus Mór (civil law of the ancient Celts), you are able to read these ancient manuscripts in Old Gaelic, which is located at the Royal Irish Academy and Oxford University. Today the unification of the EU is the unification of the ancient Celtic Kingdoms of Gaul should invest in the preservation of the Druid's Brehon Laws ancient Indo-European Documents and making them accessible for academic study for the next generation of modern Druids.